The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-16
biographical ~ eich .


the senior Bishop Of the Protestant
Z Episcopal Church in the United States
in point of years, but not by consecra-
ton, the present presiding Bishop,
Lee, having been consecratet nine
wears carrier than he was, and by CO.
Incidence was niue years the junior of
Bishop Green. Bsnop Horatio South
gate was also his senior by coDsecra-
ton, although many years younser
man. BishOl Green was born in Will
mington, N. O., May 2, 1898. His pa
ternSl graudfatrer, DR.. Samuel Green,
came from L verpool, England, early
in the eighteenth century and settled
on the Cape Fear river in North Cero'
lima. His second wife was Hannah
Mercer, who bare him seven child en-.
of whom William, the father OF Bishop
Green, was the sixth. The maiden
name of the Bishops mother
was Mary Bailey, the daugh.
ter of Richard Bradley and
Elizabeth Shsrpless. The Bradleys
and the ShaIplesses were OF the Society
of Friends, or Quakere, IS commonly
called, and were among the earliest of
those who CINE from England in 1882,
under the auspices OF William Penn.
The Bradleys came from Kendall, in
the county of Westmoreland England,
and the family of eharpless from the
city of Chester. Both were Quakers
of the Btrictest sort, and thus may be
seen whence this Bishop got the sim
plicity OF his etyle and tastes. Eliza
beth Sharpless was the granddaughter
of John Shsrpless, the patriarch OF
that family, now well known and uni
veisalIy respected for their genuine
worth, as we'll as numbers. In 1855
Richard Bradley and L zibeth Sharp
less were married, and removed to
North Carolina, where they lived in
the esteem of all who knew them,
maintaining to the end their quiet and
sober faith. To this pair thera were
bhrn seven children, five Of whom
survived, and became TIE founders of
families widely and not unfavorably
known in the Southern country. The
Bishops father was rice planter Of
independent fortune, but he died when
the Bishop was too young to remem.
Der him. To his mother he owed
much for a pious example, as well as
for a strict and wstchtul discipline.
But it YVES not until the death of his
mother end bis entrance into college
that he became seriously under the
influence Of religious feeling, and first
looked to ministry as the work of
his life. lie reading OF The Life of
Bishop Berkeley had great Influence in
moulding his character and giving a
right direction to his future life. In
1914 be wss admitted into the fresh
man class of the University of North
Caroline, at Chapel Hill, and received
the degree of A. B. in 1918. A few
months after his graduation he mar
ried Sarah ". Sneed, of Granville
county, young in years, but most
lovely in person and character. He
then commenced course OF study for
the ministry, but without the aid OF
the many advantages now at hand to
the theological student. For the Gen
ersl Seminary" existed then only in
the hopes and the prayers of the
church. In 1921 be was admitted to
deacon's orders, and in 1923 % those
of the priesthood, by the Rt. Rev.
Richard Charming Moore, Bishop oil
Virginia, at whose hands he had pre-
viously received the rite OF confirma'
ton. During the fist four years OF
his ministry, he was in charge OF st.
Johns Church, Williamsborough; but
at the same time acted chief mission
airy of the diocese. In 1926 he re-
moved to HillsborouGh, and founded
st. Matthews Church. Here, after q
happy union of twelve yesrs, he lost
his wife; and three years after, mar
Charlotte Isabella Fleming, a woman
of most saint like character. In 1887
he was appoir ted to the chaplaincy
and the chair of bellies ettres, in his
alma mater, the University OF North
Carolina; in which position he con-
tinued, until unexpectedly called, in
l849, to be the first Bishop of Missis.
sippi. He was consecrated in st. An
drew's church, Jackson, Mics, Febru'
airy "a, 1850 by Bishop ]. II. Otey, o.
Tennessee, Leonidss Polk Of
Louisiana, N. H Cobbs of Alabama,
and George W. Freeman OF Arkansas
The digree of d. D. was conferred
upon the Bishop in 1S45 by the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, and that o.
LID. more recently by the Univer
sity OF his native State. The Bishop
has written but little for publication
besides few serm ms and addresses
memoir OF Bishop Ravensscroft, anC
similar memoir OF Bishop Otey. o
the Bishops first marriage, two
children out OF five are spared him.
OF the second, four are still living, thu
youngest of whom lie the Rev. StepheI
II. Green, rector of st. Johns Church
st. Louis, Mo. Another son, tie Rev
Duncan o. Green, fell victim to tn,
yellow fever in 1878, whilst nobly
ministeling to his afflicted flock a
Greenville, in this Stats. Mr.. Berke
ley Green, another son, has long beer
resident Of and engaged in business
in this city. The Bishops remain
will be inferred beside those OF hi
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